General Information
- (GEDS) - Contact information for government employees.
Parliamentary Information
- Debates - What was said in Parliament.
- Journals - What was done in Parliament.
- Sessional Papers - Documents submitted to Parliament.
- Library of Parliament Research Publications - Analysis of topical policy issues.
- - Minutes of federal cabinet discussions between 1944 and 1976.
- Elections
- - Complete, detailed results from the 36th General Election (1997) to the present.
- - Federal election results, with useful background information.
Laws
- - All federal acts and regulations currently in force.
- - Consolidated legislation, with annual statutes back to 1995.
- - All bills from 2001 onward, with background documents, legislative summaries and other explanatory information.
- Orders in Council
- - Digitization of later years is ongoing.
Statistics
- - Canada's official statistics agency.
- - Searches Statistics Canada's electronic publications.
- - Digitized copies of the Government of Canada's annual statistical almanac from 1867-1967.
- - Statistics from 1966 to the present.
- Census of Population
- (lower geographic levels only)
- Microdata files - Available through the library's Data Lab.
- - Canadian Industry Statistics.
Databases and Full Text Documents
- - Access to the full text of Canadian depository documents.
- - Includes links to full text, when available. Documents found are available through the Government Information Service.
- - Publications from Canadian public policy institutes, government agencies, advocacy groups, think-tanks, university research centres and public interest groups.
- - Digital collection of Canadian government publications from European settlement to the early 20th century.
- - The government's economic plans, progress and goals.
- - Primary documents relating to Canada's foreign relations. Online coverage is currently from 1946-1963.
Related Guides
- British North America, 1760-1867: Primary Sources
- Canadian Government Publications: A Citation Guide
- Guide to locating speeches made by Canadian Prime Ministers
- Manuscript Census versus the Published Census: a Reference Guide
- Tracing Canadian Acts from the Pre-Internet Era: Canadian Bills, Acts and Amendments
- - An introduction to government structure and functions.
- (LEGISINFO FAQ)
- (Mount Allison University)
- (University of Toronto) - Guide to the major publications produced by Parliament since Confederation.
